Officials of La Pointe Iron Co., one of the owners of the property that Gogebic Taconite unsuccessfully sought to develop as a massive open pit mine, met with local representatives in Hurley to discuss reviving mining plans.

Milwaukee County

Man who died in South Milwaukee crash identified

South Milwaukee police identified the man who died in a crash early Thursday morning as John Janick, 40, of Caledonia.

Janick failed to stop for an officer who clocked him going 25 mph over the speed limit. The officer lost sight of him. The vehicle crashed in the 700 block of Edgewood. The car struck a tree and started on fire, igniting a nearby house. No one in the home was injured.

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